Montour American FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville, Pa., D.c 2, 1909. DANIEL JACOB! ~ CLAIMED Bf DEATH Daniel Jcaobs, one of the few snr ■viving residents who were natives of Ireland but camo to Danville in their youth and labored nearly a life-time at the big mill, died at 10 o'clock yes terday morning at his home, Spruce street, after an illness of nearly three yea rs. Tho cause of death was heart trou ble. For eight months prior to his death the deceased was bedfast. Mr. Jacobs was seveuty-eight years <if age. He was born in County Water ford, Ireland, and came to Danville in 1853. For many years lie was employ ed about the blast furnaces of the Reading Iron works. When advancing years incapacitated him for hard work about the mills he accepted a position as sexton at St. Joseph's Catholic church and remained there five years. He was a steady industrious man, faithfully performing his duties in any position in which he was placed. He is survived by his widow, two sous, Daniel, of Lake Charles, La. ; and Thomas, of Ilazleton; also one ■•laughter, Maty (Mrs. Braithwaite) of Pittsburg. Mrs. Augustus Treas, of this city is a sister of tho deceased. * OBESITY CURED. \ A Remedy That Is Not Liable to Attain Wide Popularity. Peter the Great was once traveling incognito In a part of Finland, when he met a very fat man who told him t&at he was going to St. Petersburg. , "What for?" asked the czar. "To consult a doctor about being so fat, which has become very oppress ive." I "Do you know any doctor there?" ■ "No." "Then 1 will give you a line to my friend, Prince Menschikoff. and he will introduce you to one of the emperor's physicians." The traveler went to the prince's house with r. note. The answer was not delayed. The next day, tied hands and feet, the poor man was dragged off on a cart to the mines. Two years after Peter the Great was visiting file mines. He had forgotten the incident of the fat man, when sud denly a miner threw rtowu his pick, rushed up to him and fell at his feet crying: "Grace, grace, what is it 1 have done?" Peter looked at him, astonished, until lie remembered the story. "Oh, so that Is you!" he said. "I <K>pe you are pleased with me. Stand up! How thin and slight you have be come! Go.and remember that work is tlie best cure for your complaint!" Bamboo Shoots as Food. The I nun boo shoots (hat are eaten are not yet branched, of a conical form •ml sheathed in an envelope generally covered l>y small prickly bristles. Thme young shoots emerge very vig orously from the '.oil at the foot of the bamboo tufts. The Chinese and Japa nese, it appears, consume large quanti ties of them. They use them as sea soning with pork and chicken. The first thing in their preparation natu rally is to rid the sprouts of their dis agreeable sheath. They are then cut either lengthwise or in slices and are traced in boiling water. The water is renewed once or twice, and after add ing salt a vegetable Is obtained which reminds one strongly of the root of the 'artichoke. The Japanese also eat them preserved in brine or vinegar. The gathering of the youug bamboo shoots. Coring which one must be careful of Hie prickly envelope, takes place in June and November in Tonkin. The -November shoots are the better appre ciated. -New York Herald's Paris TMi •«Un Sawing Rails Is Not Musical. Bails are cut with saws—not quietly; t»ot at all. There is considerable rack et underneath an elevated railroad in ii narrow street, the subway isn't quite v I'idge In some vast wilderness, but •ever until I watched a toothless saw wit through a cold steel rail by fric lion, melting its way—you can see the smeared ends afterward—did I expe rience a noise that my ear felt rather than heard, says Eugene Wood in Sue eess Magazine. The toothless saw whirled with unimaginable speed, the sparks showered like an enormous pinwheel. and the unwilling steel emit ted n shriek of ngony that was like a forceful finger jammed into my ear and scratching on my eardrum with lis nail. It wus like a l.rass band of a hundred pieces, each piece blowing forllsslmo. i note a half tone higher than its fellow, t don't care for such "close harmony." D .übtful Praise. A fullback in a football team once had tile misfortune to put tho ball through his own goal. This regretta ble error lost his side the game, and be suffered agonies of self reproach on the Ii tig journey home. "I'm no more use thiin a chocolate footballer," lie said to Ills sweetheart, who had traveled many miles to see him play. "A ;-Jip of a boy from school would have shaped better than I did." "Now, George, I won't let you say such horrid things about yourself!" declared his loyal sweetheart. "You've no lili a how popular you arc. I heard n gentleman praising you up to tli > skies this afternoon." "Never!" emphatically exclaimed the incredulous player. "Oh. but It's quite true!" she said proudly, "lie said you'd brought his club tlie best bit of luck they'd bad for «ges, and he heartily wished you were flaying against them In every match." Exchange. khn'loi mil HERS TAKEN Three members of the Black Hand, suspected of be : ng implicated in a murder at Berwick two years ago,and also to have taken part in numerous other Black Hand outrages were cap tured by the police Monday. Joe Mc- Ken/.io at Mt. Carmel, Antonio Cala bro at Philadelphia and Portanato Calabra at Tamaqua. Tliu first named of the trio wns caught by Statu Policeman Mascot in a saloon at Mt. Carmel and was later taken to Bloomsburg and placed in jail. Antonio Calabro was placed under arrest by Detective Alexander of the Reading Railway as lie stepped from a Williamsport train at Philadelphia. The fellow made a desperate attempt to escape and it was necessary to se cure the aid of two policemen before Calabro was finally brought under sub jection. Word was sent to Philadelphia from Williamsport that Antonio was sup posed to be on tlie train arriving in Philadelphia at 2:00 and the detective was on hand to meet it. Trooper Soui crs went to Philadelphia and took the prisoner back to Berwick. Fnitauato Calabro was captured by Captain Adams of the State police at Tamaqua and submitted quietly to ar rest. When arrested lie claimed a mistake had been made and that he was not the man wanted, but an investigation showed that he had a Reading mile age book made out in the name of Fortanato Calabro,while in his pocket was a ticket from Catawissa to Phila delphia which siiowed he had boarded the train at Catawissa, having easily reached that town from Berwick tin night before. Tim knitting of the web of evidence around the Calabros, which has been in progress for several weeks and t>. which, stated Captain Adams, the hope to connect the Calabros with at least nine murders in West Berwick and Briar Creek, has been in prorgess several weeks. About a week ago the constabulary received a note to the effect that if they would goto a certain house at Berwick and dig down II! leet, they would find a cement slab and under it a body of one. of the Black Hand's vic tims. Little attcniton was paid to the note at first but gradually there was de veloped a chain of evidence that caus ed the constabulary to believe they had a stiong case against the Calabros and possibly some others. So firmly convinced are the ofliceis that the body is buried in the spot de signated that Monday evening ('aptain Adams secured the services of a num ber of laborers and started excavating tlie cellar. It is possible that the tiagedy will be laid bare. Should this be done, ii will be but the beginning of sensations which may rock West Berwick's foreign section from one end to tin' other, with furth er complications. HIS OWN MEDICINE. The Dose That Was Handed to the Persistent Agent. He was a sewing machine agent of the most aggressive type. For twen ty minutes the lady of the house had been awaiting an opportunity to say that she already possessed one. At last he paused, only long enough, however, to thrust a card into the lady's hand. The bit of pasteboard was certainly a novelty "My name is Selleui," it read, "of the firm of Blank A Co., sewing ma chine manufacturers, and I intend to prove to you that It is madness to de fer purchasing one of our unequaled machines " After a long description of the ma chine eatne the following: "You may plead that you are unable to work a machine. I will remove that objection in fifteen minutes or in three lessons Wlil call next Wednesday." When the agent called again a six foot man opened the door and blandly remarked: "You're the sewing machine man, I suppose V" "Yes; I called last week, and"— "Yes. I know," interrupted the big man. "Y'ou don't know me, 1 suppose. My name's Bury of Bury & Keepem, undertakers, and I intend to prove to you that it is madness to defer pur chasing one of our unequaled coffins." The agent began to edge away. "You may plead that you are scarce ly qualified for a cotlin," the big tnan went on."1 will remove that objection In ten seconds." But the agent simply tore from the house.—London Tit-Bits. The Experiment Failed. When a small boy mentioned in Short Stories grows up the scleutilic curiosity he displayed may he a valu able possession. Meanwhile his moth er objects toil. "Ma." remarked the boy. "isn't It funny that everybody calls little broth er a bouncing babyV" "Why do you think it's funny, Wil liam V" aslccd his mother. "Because when 1 dropped him off the porch this mornltiir he didn't bounce a hii: he just hollered." Ho-v Toucans Roost. Nothing could he more eccentric to our eyes than the way in which tou cans goto roost. The bird does not "tuck its lie.ul under Its wing, poor thing!" and so settle down, but packs Itself up in most orderly fashion. The tail is turned forward over the back. In the soft feathers of which the gi gantic bill is hidden. Then the tail shuts down, all semblance of a bird la lost, and one can see nothiug but a ball of feathers.—London Stardard. WOMAN PRAYED ma RABBIT "Surely the Lord answers onr pray ers," said Mis. Mary Colemau, of Morgantown, Columbia county, yes terday morning. "I wanted a rabbit awful bad and I prayed that He would give mo just one lone cottontail. Im agine my surprise when I went into my collar and found the bunny there. Now, really wasn't that an answer to my prayers" Just as slit) had given up all hopes of getting a rabbit for a dinner this sea son, the woman went into the cellar of her home to get some potatoes. In a corner sat a "bunny" all huddled in a heap. It is needless to say that Brer rabbit filled the pot for a fine stew for Mrs. Coleman's dinner. She said rab bit never tasted better ilian that one did. "It was tine,tender and juicy," she stated and was ardent in her belief that all prayers will lie answered. "If it wouldn't, how in the name of sense do you suppose a real wild rabbit would fall into my hands like that?" she inquired, and it looked to much a direct reply to her supplication for one lineal <>f rabbit before the season end ed, for any of her listeners to raise a voice in doubting protest. The rabbit w.is there, sure thing, and as big as life. No one could gainsay that. "Prayer's a wonderful thing," con cluded the woman as she souced the carcass of "bunny" into the salt wat er bath preparing it l'or its irip into "delicious land." It is thought tjifit tln» rabbit had gotten into the open window of the cellar when it was chased by dogs. When she saw it Mrs. Coleman secur ed a club and quickly sent it on its way toward the destination for which she had prayed. MUSICAL MISERY. When Bagpipes Squeak Out "The Star Spangled Banner." "1 wish." growled a man who made a tour of the British isles, "that the British bandmasters would take a course of instruction in what consti tutes the American national airs. Band concerts are the rage all over England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. During the summer season, probably as a compliment to the hordes of Ameri cans who are flinging away gold for their benefit, they present daily what is generally dubbed American nation- I al airs.' "The majority of these bandmasters i think 'Dixie' is the national air, be i cause they sagely observe It is the I only one which Americans appluud i 'The Star Spangled Banner* is dismal I and lugubrious enough under the best of circumstances, bn! to hear the ! Scotch bagpipes have a tling at it is ; indescribable misery. The man who ; wrote the 'Columbia' hymn would not ; know hi* own work as performed in I (Jreat Britain, and oven the 'Kentucky Home' and other negro ballads get a , touch between an Irish jig and a j Scotch wall which robs the American I visitor of any pleasure which he might experience in songs from j home. It may be t li.-i■ British. Scotch ! and Irish miosis »11 this siiie of the I water get as much discomfort in hear ■ ing 'Annie l,atirie.' 1 hope they do, for it would establish a sort of inter I national musical bn In nee. "—New York j Press. SLEEP SUPERSTITIONS. How to Awaken at Any Hour You May Designate. Sleep is the best cure for waking trouble. Hours for sleep: N*tu;re nlvcs live. Custom seven. Weariness takes uiiia. haziness eleven If you wish to arise al a certain hour, before going to bed make with your right foot as many uiarks on the i floor us the hour on which ,vou wish lo wake, then goto bed backward To insure happy dreams burn sotue hazelnuts and do the ashes up in a package, which you must place be neath your pillow You will then dream sweetly. If you wish erer to marry. never look under the bed. If a person talks in his sleep, put his hand in a bowl of water and he will tell you all his secrets. The Hindoos say it is bad lucU to sleep with your head to ilie north, but sleeping with your head lo the south promotes longevity. It is considered b.\ some nations dau gerous to sleep while thirsty, for the soul leaves the body in search of wa ter. and if the body awakened too quickly the soul might not hare time to return to i;. s,, the body would die. In Germany tile nightmare is believ ed to be :i spt tl'.ii being which places Itself upon the breast <• t the *;et per. depriving liiin nf the power of utter auce or mot! ai. Philadelphia Press. The Nature Student's Story. "In tuy boyhood 1 once captured a nest of three young thrushes. 1 put them In a gilt cage by an open win dow, and their mother came and fed them regularly with worms and grass hoppers." The speaker, a nature student, sigh ed. "The mother," lie resumed, "must have expected her little ones to bo soon liberated. She fed them, as I said, regularly for three days on tlesh food. Then one evening at sunset she appeared with a sprig of gr&'ii in her mouth. She thrust the green lu through the gilt bars. Then, singing a sweet, sad song, she flew away. And she never came back. Iler off spring the next morning lay dead, side by side, on the bottom of the cage. The sprig she had brought them, which was nearly consumed, was u sprig of the deadly larkspur. 'Free dom or death! Death or freedom!' That is what must have been the bur den of her farewell song." The narrator paused, and from his listeners a low murmur nrose, a mur mur perhaps of sympathy, perhaps of angry disbelief. SI. MICHAEL'S AND US WIN I STANDING OF THE CLUBS. W. L. P.O. St. Michael's 2 0 1.000 Regals ..2 0 1.000 Company P 1 2 .888 Ex-High 11 .500 Tube Works .. .0 2 .000 High School 0 1 .000 Only a fair sized crowd turned out to witness Saturday evening's basket ball games between city league teams, in which St. Michael's won from the Tube Works by a score of 89 to 10 and the Reglas defeated Company P 24 to 20. WENT WITH A RUSH. In the opening game St. Michael's went in with a rush and played the less experienced Tubers off their feet. The liisli lads are experienced players and are putting up a fast game" this year. The Tubers fail'to got together and need practice. Tommy Ryan, the j St. Michael's center, was the main I feature of the'firstjhalf, scoring 11 of j the IT points made by his team. In the second half Tommy's star set and Hiokev's rose, hi' mkaing !> goals in the last half. I The line-up: ST. MICHAKL'S TUBE WORKS 1 Hickev.. .. forward . Momer W. McYey .forward . . Woll forward .. Weaver j Ryan ...center Orr J. McYey guard Speiser Kilfoil guard Burns Driscoll .guard Goals from the field—Hiekey 11, W. MeVey 1, Ryan (•, .1. McYey 1, Woll I 1, Weaver 1, Speiser 1, Burns 1. Goals , from fouls— Ryan 1. Burns DAVID AND GOLIATH When the Regals and Company F lined lip for the second half it looked like a repetition of David and Goliath, j and like the biblical story the smaller warrior won out. ('ompnay F lias the 1 heaviest line-up in the league and ; some mighty good players, too, and the Regals deserve lots of credit for j putting it nntojtho soldier boys. I Much of tin* credit for the Regals' victory goes to Fred Rnpp, the sturdy little guard, who was pitted against John Barry, Company F's big sure shot. Rupp glued himself to the big j fellow, allowing him but one basket 111 11 •> lirst halt,while the Regals scor ed Hi points. 111 the second half the militianieu did better and gave the Regals a merry chase,hut were unable to catch up,although at one stage they were within two points of a tie. The line-up: COMPANY F REGALS llarrv.... ... forward Ammerman A. Prout forward . . Stickle ; Nnvius .forward Hock ..center . . Shutt Mover center and guard C. Snyder .... .guard Baylor J. Prout guard Rupp Goals from field—Barry 7, A. Prout ; 1, Nevins 1, Hocli 1. Ammerman -1, Stickle Shutt 8, Baylor 2, Rupp 1. Referee—Newbnkor, time keeper— Mcl'racken. GOATS AS GOLF TROPHIES. They Arc on Medals Used In a New Jerccy Club's New Game. A new same lins heen started by the members nf the llackensack (N. .11 Golf club which threatens to t>ccouie i very popular Sixty members have formed a goal club, the purpose of which will be the '••■ jetting of the other ■ fellow's goat " Rnch member will buy a medal with n bas-relief of a goat on the front and I the owner's nauie on the back. A se , rle* of golf matches will follow. th» medals to b* ibe trophies The inau winning the nuart at rh« end of Ihe reason will lie kuowu as (be *hepher«l of Ibe (lock, and a dinner 1 will be ffiveu in his honor by all the ■ "goats." Then the badges will be re distributed to the members and the next season's competition started. The first games will be played on j New Year's day, and the matches will be continued 111 all kinds of weather. W D. Vloffatt Is the originator of tb« plan Fixed Stars. There are no fixed stars. When we I look up at the stars they appear to be very still and peaceful, hut astrono mers know that such is not the case, i but that each one is moving, some with incredible speed, invisible to the unaided 1 >O. yet visible to the lustre nients at their disposal. Our sun. fur instance, which is nothing more or less than ■ ee of the "stars" supposed to be is moving along, with the entire solar system, toward a point in the constellation Hercules. In 11.1 ture, from tin' most insignificant germ 1 to the large, t world, everything Is in \ perpetual motion. The Maid's Chance. | "Do you ever lose that umbrella of j yours?" asked tile maiden. "No: 1 don't." replied the man stern , ly. "The person who takes that uni I brella will have to take me." "Do I understand that to be a pro | posal of marriage or a threat?" in -1 quired the iniss sweetly.— Philadelphia | imujiror. Snif Qcvtrnmant Club* Tho students at Bryn Mnwr. N. Y. 1 have formed a roll government clu'i ; 'he object of which is to abolish al< teasing if young girls just entering college. The club is made up from tie upper classes and has the approval of President Thomas. Plessant Rehearsal. Fair Amateur-The curtain will rise in a few minutes. Are you quite sure yon know your words? Hero—Yes; all except the part where I kiss you. We'd bettor rehearse that again. Ail. m four TEACHEBS PRESENT Continued troin Ist Page —— i touts of whole volumes to memory. In this ago the world is "bookridilen" and we now rely nearly wholly on j books. There is too great a disposition, j not only 011 the part of the pupils but on the part of teachers also, to rely on 1 indexes and encyclopedias for kuowl- j edge. Students feel that they do not I need to remember anything but goto j the books for information on all sub jects. Naturally there is a general de ficiency of certain knowledge. Dr. Omwake considers the"state of affairs in this respect most pernicious. It is in the lower grades, ho declar ed, that the foundation must be laid for getting knowledge definitely and accurately. Too much emphasis, he said, is laid on "interest" and not enough on "effort." Subjects should J be made interesting, of course, but it j occurs at times that the element of "interest" is essentially absent; then 1 pupils must "be driven. " The teacher must have a master > mind. It must not only be well form- | ed, but well "informed," every facn- , It v highly developed—a[mind alert and i | ready to grasp the right idea or' 1 thought. Unless a teacher has a well trained and intellectual mind he can i hardly expect to succeed. This is esp- j ecially true of the primary schools, ' 1 where in addition the teacher should • possess a strong imagination in order jto bring her into sympathy with the small children whose imagination is active and who people their homes I and their playgrounds with imaginary ! personalities. To work successfully ! with children the teacher must be able 1 to get down to their level. The last period of the afternoon was occupied by I>r. Pearson with a very I practical address entitled: "Prepar | inn for the'Recitatioii. " WEDNESDAY'S SESSIONS. Every teacher of the county was en rolled at the institute yesterday. De votional exercises at the morning ses sion were conducted by the Rev. A. .T. Irey, pastor of the First Baptist church. The proceed ingsjof the afternoon were varied by an address from Di. George 11. Hallctt, who occupies the chair of ! mathematics in\the University of Pennsylvania. 1 • Dr. Omwake occupied the first period of the forenoon. Hi- took as his sub ject "The'Rcading Lesson." The only wav, lie said, that the child can pre pari' tor the reading lesson is by hav ing the teacher till what the lesson is and the teacher can not do this unless lie knows what it is himself. It is worth all the time that it takes to an nounce the lesson for the next tiny. Indeed, in Dr. Omwake'* opinion tie ! teacher makes effciency impossible who does not take sufficient time to j announce the lesson for the next day. I There are a great many who do not j know what the lesson that tin v an- I nounce. The reading lesson somehow | or other seems to gut less atteution in ! the assignment than iinv other lesson j given to the children. If tomorrow's j lesson i~, say, subtraction we spend nearly a'whole period explaining the method of the -übject. It is just as es sential m the reading lesson. The rea son why reading gets so much less time is becausejyou can not get right j down and'say, "Now this is the way Ito get the lesson." We neglect it be j cause it is not a science and we can not prescribe a definite formula, and yet. the speaker maintained, it is just as essential that wo keep before the pupils a problem in the reading lesson; that is, that we let them know we ex iled certain things and give them something to do in preparing the les son. You give the child something to work at in nearly everything else that is taught. He understands there is something to do. •If course, the question is how are you going to get these problems? The object of the reading lesson is to get tin* thought. That is true, but it is something more than that. Jt is also to give that thought to somebody else. Now the test of his having the thought is whether the pupil can give it to somebody else. Dr. Pearson followed after intermis sion with a most excellent talk 011 the " Recitation Period." The leading feature of the afternoon proceedings was an address i>\ !'r. George H. Hallett, member of the fac ulty of tiic I" 11 i versify of Pennsyl vania, who spoke on "Elementary Arithmetic." pie made ajl .1 for 11< employment of more scientific methods in the teach ing of nuiln malies. Although pro'..ab ly the science ou which all other si I euces are founded it is a fact, lie said, that mathematics is taught in a less 1 scientific way than any of the other I sciences The theory of numbers slionld be do- j veloped in a scientific and logical way. The teacher should not feel that the j class is not accomplishing what is I necessary merely because a certain j number of pages of arithmetic are not being covered. An effort should be : made to teach so that each pupil un- ! derstands why ho is doing as lie does; I then he will know how. First of all interest muf t be excited. Let the problems bo thoso'derived from the box's every day oxpericnct. Elim inate all sorts of puz/.les and catch questions. It would be better if tHo pupils understood a little more of the "why" and less of the "how." Dr. Hallett stated that relatively pupils make less progress in mathem atics than in any other study. Not only in school examinations are jioor r eults manifert but tlie deficiency al " t i colleges and niiiver-| sities, wI ere in arithmetic time is lost by being obliged to teach the students what should have been learned in the preparatory schools. in closing Ui. Hallett stated that it is his opinion tliat if the boy when he , leaves school call perform the toui fundamental operations of arithmetic and understands ' the reason why," j then he has all the mathematics that j lie will need in life. Dr. Hallett's address was a most ex cellent one. His practical views relat ing to the teaching of this difficult I subject seemed to appeal to the teach j ers present and they manifested the deepest intorrs'. The Rev. George S. Womer, pastor of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church, will conduct chapel exercises this Horning. "The Educator's Phil osophy' will form Dr. Omwake's i theme for this morning. Dr. Pearson | will speak on "Training Children's Voices." This afternoon Dr. Omwake will speak on"The Educator's Art." j Dr. Pearson will take up "Correct ■ Pronunciation." I This evening Dr. Pearson will de j liver a lecture oil James Whitconib | Riley. Like the other lectures of the I course it will be held in the high | school, at S o'clock. | Yesterday morning Miss Dennetts ; rendered a vocal solo. In the afternoon i 1 there was a piano solo by Miss Ethel 1 Haring and vocal solos by Miss Mary j Gaskins and Mr. John Henning. In | i the evening session Miss May Books I j rendered a piano solo and Mr. George ] j Egbert a vocal solo. A CURIOUS FLY. , This V/asplike New Zealand Insect Feeds on Spiders. ! New Zealand boasts of n fly that I feeds on spiders. I This fly is black and wasplike and, j like the wasp, lives in a nest of clay | built In a crevice, preferably in the up per folds of heavy window curtains, j This is one of the great annoyances of ' the tidy housekeeper in New Zealand, j Try as she will. It Is almost impossible j for her to keep these flies from setting up their homes at the tops of her cur -1 tains. j These nests of clay are made up of a | series of separate cells, usually from ! live to eight In number. When the nest ! is built the fly poes after spiders. It has no trouble In conquering the I spinners of silky webs. They succumb I more easily than do the American flies which are so unfortunate as to get tan ' pled in a spider's weaving. ' The fly carries the spiders to Its | home and imprisons each one in a cell. : Here the fly lays a single egg, and i when the grub hatches out it eats the 112 spider that has been provided for it. When its food Is all gone the mother fly K f, es out and catches another spi der. and she keeps this up until the | young fly is old enough to catch spi tiers for itself.—New York Telegram. Brains For Diet. I There is » latent truth in the primi live Maori belief that by eating the j brains of his enemies a warrior ae i ' quired their skill and cunning. It was a custom among these sav ages. whose descendants 1 have seen and admired in Hawaii and New Zea land. to hold a brain feast after a sue j cessfnl battle The eonqueritig chief i always reserved for his own portion I the gray matter of leader ■ Obsorve how the practice works out in modern life. We do not actually eat our rivals' brains, but if we are wisp I we will try to absorb what those brains contain. The man who makes a big success is the man who makes the ' best use of his enemies, studies their moves, learns their method, knows ' what thought processes they are apt tu follow. Down here In the street I guess we're more or less akin to the Maoris, anyway.—New York Herald. Finger Prints Never Fail. Although scars from wounds and ul cers frequently partly destroy the pat tern folds, such disfigurements are more often than otherwise aids to Identification. When the system of i finger prints was first Introduced at police headquarters In New tfork a lieutenant In one of the administra tlve departments tried to discredit it. He had an experimental print mad« of the tip of a linger and a short dun 1 afterward asked to have the sane finger reprinted. He had meantiii'e ground down the skin of this tinge: on a grindstone until the blood almosi flowed. Nevertheless the pattern form was more accurately disclosed in tie second printing than in the first. Otin the record has beeu made nothing h.t yet been discovered to invalidate it.- j Charles Brewer in Century Rebuking a Greenhorn. A whist expert discussed at a dirtier i those overconfident ami foolish per- I sons who think they can learn whist ; in a year or two. "Such persons should bo called to i order." the expert iid sternly. "1 for] one am always glad to see them called ! to order. A young greenhorn stood ; behind my partner during game one night At the etui of the hand the j i greenhorn said "'Why didn't you lead hearts" , That's what I'd hotve iloue.' "My partner suiiled and answered: " 'Ah. but you. my young friend, j i have the world before you and none I but yourself to consider. Vou have ii<• ' I wife and family dependent on you fori j bread, and if you lose heavily no one I suffers but yourself. With me it. is different; hence I led spades."' A Riafto View. j "Do you think a little Shakespeare j ■ would go as a vaudevillo act?" quired Hamlett Fatt. j "Why not?" responded York i. I n.iuim. "Everybody feels that he h.i got to stand for If if It comes alo>e j No man is going to admit that Sh.i'.ie : ipenre Is over his head."— \\ astilugii" 1 Herald. His Little Joke. j Percy—l—a w - wrest led foh an hour j with me seuif this morning. Aigertioe | —Which won the victory, denli boy ! vou or tbe scarf? Percy—NeUhet ! t'awn't you see the march wesulted m » Haw. naw!—Chicago News. CONDEMNED MAN SUFFERS AGONY NEW CASTLE, Pa., Dec. 1. I he hammering of workmen erecting the scaffold on which Fred Rosen* will be hanged at 10 a. m. tomorrow, fell upon the ears of the condemned murderer today and threw him into paroxysms of oraven terror. Hoseua tried to keep the sounds out of bis ears. At times he groveled on the floor of his cell,burying his face on his low cot, and gathering his blankets around his head to muffle the noise. Occasion ally he would rouse himself when the hammering stopped for a few minutes, anil ask his death guard if he really | had to die. Rev. 1* ather Nicholas de Mita,priest of St. \ itus Catholic church, arrived at the jail shortly after saying the morning mass, and told Roseua that. ho had prayed for him during the sor i vices. Rosena was interested only * short time. Then he threw himself at the priest's feet, clasping his knees with his arms, and begging, of him to I save him. The priest gently hut firm ' I.V, told him that he was past human ! intercession and that ho came to him | to help him make his final peace with ! God. j "Be sure that you have perfect, con I trition in your heart for your sins,'' i the priest said to him, "keep youi ; niilld oil the fear of death and feai only the condition in which your sou! will face its Creator." Women of the W. C. T. U., who were planning to jiotition Governor | Stuart to prevent the authorities drug ging Rosena in order to take him t<> the scaffold without resistance, fonnd today that they were too late to take effective action. Sheriff Waddington was convinced that Rosena either would have to be drugged or dragged to the gallows in a state of nervous collapse. The sheriff expressed himself as favoring carrying Rosena to the scaffold but other county officers want him to avoid a scene. As soon as the gallows are completed, the sheriff will I test the rope which is handmade by a Pittsburg man who twists the rope for j all hangings in Pennsylvania at a cost |of one dollar a foot. A liag of rain 1 j will be hung on it all tonight, in onl j er to eliminate elasticity. Rosena wili j see his wife anil three children for j probably the last time today. _ j draperies alone. One of the feature.* of the yacht, a large open fireplace in ; the dining saloon, attracted the atten ! tion of the Grand Duke Boris of l!ns i sia when he. with forty other guest:*. 1 was entertained at a banquet by Mrs Astor In 1002. The Nourmahal is driven by com pound inverted two cylinder engines and carries four small cannons and a veritable arsenal of rifles, revolvers and cutlasses. Her crew numbers forty-six officers and men. She Is a roomy, comfortable craft aud for lux ury of equipment and for beauty of j design, both bull and interior, is the ; equal of any pleasure craft in the ] United States. Yachting friends of Colonel Astor are hoping that "Nourmahal luck" has pulled him and his craft through. Al though she has figured in quite a few I accidents and several times was sen ' ously threatened, the yacht always • managed to escape with trifling in juries. A Reliable jpiiT&RDU Rerr.eciy * Welti 11 Ely's Cream Balm is quickly alisotbcd. COIDI Cites Relist at Oncc. It cleansns, sorthe.., ln*uls and protect# rags brane r. l :oin away a(' . i ; . Bay FEVER Tasta an.l S :i 11. F.:llsi/* r.O ot.-.., atl»rug gists or by nmii. 1 !: |i„ ; ,;i,t form, 7."> < onU. Ely Broth-is, j'i Warroa Street, Now Vork. Anvone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain ••ur « i imon tree whether an invention Is prohnbly p »um t ti.i.v Communica tions Htrlctly rontldent i . . hAKOCUOX on Patent* sent free. 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